Re: [RIF] [UCR]: What is the RIF (revisited)

At 18:07 08.02.2006 +0000, Uli Sattler wrote:


>On 8 Feb 2006, at 15:27, Ed Barkmeyer wrote:
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>>>>2. RIF could allow for rules the processing of which goes beyond
>>>>what currently is widespread. Eg rules with disjunctive conclusions.
>>>I agree
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>>Here, milady, we part company.  I could agree with the example, but
>>not with the principle that Francois expresses.  I agree with
>>Dieter that we should not go out of our way to support
>>expressiveness that is beyond the power of available tools to work
>>with.  We will have enough on our plate to deal with commercial
>>rules engine expressiveness, SWRL, OWL and RDF.  We should leave
>>the next generation of Ph.D. research to the universities.
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>I see your point, and I didn't mean anything for which we would need
>to "go out of our way", at least not very far --- as others pointed
>out, however, it would be a pity if we would restrict ourselves to
>what is "widely used in commercial systems now" and would not leave
>room for further development, in case (!) that this restriction could
>be easily overcome.


Indeed, but for this the charter defined a layered and stepwise process.
Not to exclude but to take the long journey step by step.

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